Description

An Italian adventure game based on the famous comic Martin Mystère by Alfredo Castelli.

An important M.I.T. researcher, Prof. Eulemberg, was found murdered. Inspector Travis assigns the case to Martin: he immediately begins to investigate together with his girlfriend, Diana, and his helper, Java. Soon he discovers a link between New York and Mexico, where the Prof.'s assistant Alexander was studying an Aztec archaeological site. There, Martin realizes all: Eulamberg was on the source of eternal youth track and... But Mister Jinx lies in wait too...

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Extras

Various versions of the game including the North American launch by The Adventure Company, include a copy of the 'Operation Dorian Gray' lead-in from Alfred Castelli's Martin Mystere comic to provide some background for the adventure ahead.

German version

When the German version was released in 2006, it received generally unfavourable reviews from the gaming press. The three most important magazines at the time rewarded 66% (PC Games), 51% (GameStar) and 46% (PC Powerplay).
The German publisher Most Wanted Games reacted with an open letter in which they directly attacked the magazines. In particular they complained about the differences in the evaluation of certain aspects of the game (German synchronisation, story, controls and puzzles). The headline of the letter says "The sun burns hot on the heads of some editors" and later they write, roughly translated: "Sleepy and unmotivated - this probably applies to some editors of German gaming magazines who have to solve hard puzzles in badly air-conditioned rooms and then take their frustration out on an adventure which does not deserve the ridicule."

Puzzles

There is one riddle in the game that actually requires you check the box of the game to solve it - a sort of 'protection' that brings back those old 'wheel' days of Monkey Island and Another World. At one point, Martin will tell you "I frankly don't know the answer to this riddle, but I'm sure if I check the package that came along with the game the answer will come to me". Just lift the cover out of the dvd box and look behind it.

The US version of this game comes in a cardboard box, and the answer to the riddle is not printed on the box itself, but on a piece of paper... eliminating the "wow" factor that the original clue had.